A snapshot of my living room walls. At the moment it looks like a crafters crime scene board. I can see why they use this board method on TV shows. Believe it or not this is all starting to come together after several weeks of over thinking and flip flopping on ideas. I love being … More Over Thinking
“It’s Wednesday my dudes…”~ that bloke on Vine The end of this month sees the completion of the first full year of my degree. At this rate I’ll be done in 7 years, I’d like to pick up the pace a bit but realistically I know it’s not going to happen. And that’s fine. It’s … More What I’ve Learnt in My First Year of Online Studying
I’ve been a bit under the weather this week so I’m falling back on a slightly lazy post! My degree assignments have been featuring areas to research and they are often asking us to look at an artist or a technique/movement. They’ve been pretty specific but this time we have free rein. Just go out … More Research ~ Anya Gallaccio
Assignment 5 is due in less than a week. I’m tip toeing towards my finished collection but there is still a lot to finish off in the next few days. In the meantime here is a little selection of the drawings/mark making/source photos that I’m basing my capsule collection on. This has been a strange, … More W-I-P
As part of my next assignment (a capsule collection of textile pieces) I wanted to include some naturally dyed fabric. I’m aiming to incorporate some of the flowers and plants I’m using for my research drawings as part of the finished pieces. I’m still at the planning stage but that’s what I’m aiming for. I … More Solar Dyeing
Last week I had my tutor feedback on my last assignment, my tutor is lovely and her job is to bring my attention to strengths and weaknesses I have. Even when pulling me up on something it is done in an incredibly positive way. I honestly feel I’ve learned from her feedback and feel very … More Tutor Feedback
Apologies. I’m going to splice together my last two degree assignments into one post. I’m keen to get started on my next assignment but I seem Incapable of moving to Part Five without acknowledging Parts Three and Four. This first module has been exhausting. Getting used to studying again and time management have been big … More Recent Work
I’ve chosen to put a selection of work for assignment two into one post. Mostly because I want to save myself some hard work so I can crack on with new blog posts/Etsy work/assignment three. Christmas is over, the New Year is in full swing, and I feel the need to quickly clear the decks … More Assignment Two
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